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cybo12
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Hello everyone, I've been looking for a long time to switch from Windows to Linux (on my tower, I have a macbook). The only problem being that I can't decide at all. I've heard a lot of good things about Linux Mint, Manjaro and Arch (especially here for him), I don't know which would be best for me (I'm in my last year of a master's degree in computer systems architecture) because most of the time when I use a Linux it's a simple Debian in CLI.

Also, I have no idea which GUI to choose between KDE Cinamon and other modern not too childish GUIs. Can you help me find arguments to choose the right one?

I also like sometimes playing video games like WoW or Diablo 3 but I guess it will work with Winepak with Flatpak.

Thank you in advance for your help and thank you devRant to exist :).

PS: Si il y a des francophones, Faites moi signe :)

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  • 2
    6y
    It's a journey 😅 you'll likely end up distro hopping for a while as well, just because. Good luck!
  • 1
    6y
    Linux Mint is the best distro for people new to the linux desktop. As said before it makes most of the decisions for you.

    The default Cinnamon DE is a good mix between familiar and new, a way to ease you into the ecosystem.

    I started out with Cinnamon and eventually went to i3 without a DE at all, but that was after I understood what I wanted.
  • 2
    6y
    Mint cinnamon hands down. Xfce is also good.
  • 0
    6y
    Thanks for your answers, I will test your suggestions by making VMs on my unRAID server.
  • 0
    6y
    You can't go wrong with Ubuntu as your first taste...
  • 2
    6y
    Antergos. Ease of Ubuntu, power of Arch
  • 0
    6y
    Arch is good if you are vegan and your dev colleagues are pissed off because you constantly mention it. They will be slightly less pissed off if you constantly tell them about Arch instead.
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